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About 3 years ago, I wasn't able to poop regularly for a few months. I would take laxatives but they didn't really help. I would be able to poop a little bit maybe once a week. One day I finally pooped a lot and flushed. Left behind in the toilet was a small magnet. I have no idea how or when I ate a magnet but I think I must have done it while sleep walking. Are you saying that I could have died?

Interestingly enough, I just read an article where this baby had a membrane close their intestines and cause an intestinal blockage. They couldn't remove it without major surgery which would likely kill or injure the baby for life, but it was an emergency. Some quick thinking doctor put one of those strong magnets on either side of the membrane (endoscopes for the win) and the magnet choked off the blood supply of the membrane. The membrane then fell off and came out as normal, and the baby was cured.

My best magnet story; when I was about 13 my family went to the fair, and my little brother won a pair a light up magnet ear rings. He immediately decided to put one of them in his nose, then in a stoke of genius he place the other one in the adjacent nostril. The two magnets that hold the ear rings in place clamped down on that cartilage in this nose. He then proceeded to run around the house screaming because the two magnets were pinching him, We ended up having to take him to the ER to get them removed.

I was working the front desk for a summer camp while in college, and our name tags were held on by two tiny little magnets just like the ones you're talking about.

Sitting around in the stark lodgings provided by the school over the summer, I got bored and popped the little magnets off and started pretending I had earrings, lip piercings, and nose piercings. Then I stuck the two magnets together in my septum and they squeezed together tightly and slid right up into the tip of my nose. I couldn't even see them anymore. I tried all kinds of things to get them out, pliers, screwdrivers, and a table knife. All of these metal things just stuck to the magnets, making it impossible to move. Finally, I painfully plucked the persnickety plugs with a plastic pen cap. Relieved that I wouldn't be going to the emergency room, I piled all of my implements in the middle of the counter and went off to retrieve a new name tag.

About a week later, my brother came to stay with me for the weekend. I had to go work a shift, and left him in the apartment by himself. When I get back, he's nursing a nose bleed. Said he was afraid he'd have to go to the emergency room, but luckily, he found a pen cap lying right next to the offending name tag that made the perfect tool for removing the tiny magnets.

Ha. did this one too. I dressed up as a punk rocker for halloween. Instead of going to the ER I just stuck tweezers up both my nostrils (one pincer in each nostril) and got them out. It's a weird feeling though. And even more annoying that your septum (that piece of cartilage) gets thinner as you go towards your brain, thus letting the magnets slide two or so inches up into your head.

Was the kind of laxatives you took the kind that simply softens the poo? I discovered the stimulant kind a little while back and its MAGICAL. Take one the night before with a cup or two of water and you poop your entire yesterday in the morning.

My post was a joke based on the recent prevalence in the news of Buckyballs (the small magnetic sphere toys) and the warnings about swallowing them. In fact for magnets to be fatal, you need to swallow at least two of them and they need to be the newer absurdly-strong neodymium type. The magnets may stick together, pinching a bit of your intestine between them. That bit of intestine dies (necrotizes) and perforates. This is very bad news. Also this pinched area will block the passage of poop, which can make things much worse.

I guess it could happen with the less strong magnets if things happened to line up just wrong, but the neodymium ones are much more dangerous at swallowable sizes. And you'd still need to swallow two (or one, and some magnetic material).

The larger neodymium magnets can also break or crush your fingers since, with very little warning, they will snap together very quickly and with great force.

The nerve endings on your fingertips are dense enough that, with a magnet planted underneath, you can actually feel electromagnetic energy. This can be anything from cameras to outlets, and it all feels different.

Sadly, I'm not speaking from experience here, so that's about all I know.

I sat here thinking that the stitches were a smashed mosquito, and was sitting here wondering why magnets attract mosquitoes and then wondering why noone else seemed to notice... man I need more sleep.

I am irrationally fascinated with experiencing my surroundings on a sensory level (my friends give me shit for touching and smelling everything). This magnet allows me to pick up small objects and vibrates when I am in range of electro-magnetic fields.

Be careful, I saw a show talking about this a while back. If your finger takes too big of an impact the jelly layer can rupture and spread metal dust in your finger tip. The reparative surgery is... not pleasant.

Yeah, I had a friend who lost one of his magnets in a similar fashion. He had to have it cut out as it started to react badly with the surrounding tissue. I chose to have it implanted on my ring finger as that is traditionally the weakest/least used finger.

Wasn't there another guy on reddit that also had a magnet implanted in his finger? If I remember correctly, he said something about the magnet not being strong enough or something to be affect/attracted to the MRI. Anyone have a link to that thread?

He didn't really know what he was talking about, having never been through an MRI with one in. If it's shielded that may be the case, but nobody really knows; it's never been done before. Unshielded, the magnet would rip right out and possibly go through your body. Whatever the case may be, it's probably not a good idea.

It can actually be pretty useful as a safety measure for amateur electrical engineers. It vibrates when it gets near a live wire; so if you think something's shut off but actually isn't, you'd feel a buzz in your hand and get that as a warning. Without it, you could accidentally grab hold of a 120v wire and send that down your arm.

You'd have a job shielding your finger from the magnetic field generated by an MRI machine! Most likely, the scan would have to be performed with your hand outside the scanner.

Edit for clarification: MRI machines generate very, very strong magnetic fields - if they weren't very strong, you wouldn't get a picture. Unfortunately for OP, this means that there would be literally no way to shield his finger from the magnetic field produced by the machine if he needed a scan (the only way to "shield" yourself from a magnetic field is to put a lot of distance between you and it, or use specialised equipment to reduce the effects of the field - hospital MRI departments don't have this kind of apparatus). It might mean that he can't have an MRI at all with the implant, since the magnetic field still exists outside the machine (although it's considerably weaker than inside).

I work for a medical equipment manufacturer. Though I service xray equipment I have had a chance to play with the MRI's in the training center. I have a metal ring that attached my ID badge to my neck lanyard, bigger than the magnet he has in his finger. While the magnet did attempt to suck my badge into the bore of the magnet, the ring didn't have enough mass to overcome a slight tug backward away from the field. The magnet might show up on the MRI, but it isn't big enough to rip out of his hand or even lift it.

If the magnet is strong enough, yes. I don't normally deal with large magnets, so it's not a huge concern. Thankfully the magnet in my finger starts to vibrate as it gets close to another magnet, so I have a built in warning system.

I've been wanting to get one of these for ages. Glad to see they've been refining the tech; those first magnets were fucking huge, and implanting them was such a bloody affair. Next time I'm in NYC, it's on.

I heard about this a few years ago and superglued one to my finger to see what it would feel like (I'd heard that you can feel it, just not as easily as having it implanted). It was definitely interesting to go near live cables, I could feel a little tingle near AC lines and a sort of pull near DC lines. Course it only lasted for about an afternoon ):

Unfortunately, I've heard of too many cases where your body rejects it, or breaks it down and it tattoos your skin in awkward ways. Don't know that I could go through with it.

Yeah, but there's still a chance that the coating would wear away or break down.

Mostly it comes from situations where you harm your finger too badly- i.e. catch it in a car door, or accidentally hit it with a hammer or something. It can get the membrane caught between the magnet and that solid object, and pinch through the barrier.

I need to keep my hand away from strong magnets. I have a magnetic bowl I use to hold small bolts while working on my car and I got too close to it yesterday and could feel my magnet pull hard towards it.

Great intel, and not a drop of it false. The magnet I have in my finger is not encased in silicone (it's something else, the name of which I forget). In the past, a casting was used and the seam of that casted silicone would break down and cause the magnet to reject. Mine has been injected molded, so there is no seam. My practicioner has implanted hundreds of this new design and not one has rejected because of a breakdown in the casing.

Just googled Psycho Cyborg and you weren't joking. I'm really interested in this, though what I'm most worried about is heat conduction. Because the magnets are metal, if you put your hand near a fire or anything, can you feel them get hot within your finger? I imagine if they expand due to heat they could crack their parylene coat. Do you have any information around this?

I want this really bad but it's a terrible idea for me! I work in the Magnetic Materials research group at the University of Birmingham, so I come into contact with some pretty powerful magnets daily. The implants are most likely to be NdFeB (neodymium-iron-boron) magnets with PTFE (a type of polymer) coatings.

Stick your hand in front of a metal fan. It's the weirdest feeling with a finger magnet. Also, careful when handling other magnets, the one in your finger could flip, and it hurts quite a lot. Rolling it back over isn't fun either.

I got one of those, It's coated in parylene, its been in my finger for almost two years. I dont think I can call it a new sense, but its been interesting I can find studs behind drywall.. its a great conversation starter for someone shy like me :)

It took a little over a month for me to recover the sensation in that part of my finger, I think I damaged a nerve. Im scared of being in an accident and be sent to a MRI while unconscious, but they would detect the magnet before? right?....

It also turns off my macbook air; theres a magnetic switch to detect when the lid is shut next to the keyboard, Its very annoying. Thats the biggest downside Ive experienced.

I am endlessly fascinated by this utterly weird and interesting idea. Mainly because I work with tiny nuts and bolts and screws all day, and they drop on the floor EVERY SINGLE TIME. This would be such a timesaver.

So here comes the barrage: Does it hurt? Does it inhibit you in doing things? Does it numb your finger? Is it a strong magnet? Was it a expensive and/or painful procedure? Where do you even go to get this done? Is it fun freaking people out with your mini jedi powers? Tell meeeee!

Regarding holding screws: not a good idea. The longer you hold something with the magnet, the more damage is done to the tissue between the screw and the magnet which will lead to your finger rejecting the implant.

Does it hurt: Currently, yes. But only because I am healing the incision made for insertion and the tissue surrounding the magnet is still healing.

Does it inhibit me: Right now I can't type with that finger, but that's only because the incision is on the tip of my finger. Once that heals I won't have to worry about it. In the long run, you want to avoid any blunt force trauma, so playing basketball/football, or aggressive high-fives are out for my left hand.

Numbing of my finger- no

Strength- for it's size, yes. the magnet is about the size of a grain of rice. I can't pick a quarter up (yet, once the magnet settles I should be able to).

Expensive- $160

Procedure pain- a little, it was more uncomfortable than anything. Very quick though, I was in and out in less than 10 minutes.

He doesn't want to though. If he did, a magnetic ring would be a far better idea, since holding a screw for too long might kill the tissue between the magnet and the screw. Some electricians do this to detect live wires. According to OP, he just wants to touch things, though. He's a very tactile person, and additional in the ability to detect electric current, ferrous metals or other magnets adds a whole new layer to the world for him.